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and ronald reagan, that was his successful movie. so i always gave my cousin credit -- sorry, ellen -- for electing ronald reagan. my cousin told we i needed to write a book. i just never thought i'd write this one or write it this way. so i put a lot of thought into it. didn't do the book at first, and then i did "60 minutes" with my former chief of staff. and neil and i agreed to do it together, and here's why we did. it was percent to have the two of us. it -- it was better to have the two of us. if i said this, neil could say, no, huh-uh, bob, or vice versa. so in my opinion having the two of us side by side was a better way to do that. so i went to india then and saw "60 minutes" over there. and when i saw it, i watched jack abramoff. i did this to mideast, period. -- myself, period. but i watched jack abramoff on that "60 minutes" and, you know, i could feel some of empathy. i feel empathy for anybody that's a done time. but beyond that, i just wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and then when i heard him
and ronald reagan, that was his successful movie. so i always gave my cousin credit -- sorry, ellen -- for electing ronald reagan. my cousin told we i needed to write a book. i just never thought i'd write this one or write it this way. so i put a lot of thought into it. didn't do the book at first, and then i did "60 minutes" with my former chief of staff. and neil and i agreed to do it together, and here's why we did. it was percent to have the two of us. it -- it was better to have...
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no -- ronald reagan. no question on that point. one of the reasons i didn't emphasize coolidge as much, though, was coolidge was not operating in the same kind of political environment that anybody who's trying to cut goth spending would be operating in today, and reagan was. and that there were things in re began's record that were successes that we could look for and there were things in re began's record that were failures that we could learn from. calvin coolidge was really the last president that was consistently what the republican party claims to be. but we're not in that political environment anymore, and that's why i didn't discuss coolidge. i do discuss coolidge somewhat, but that's why he was not a major focal point of my book. >> thank you very much. one of the things i'm interested in is hearing about the tate reforms -- state reforms and how we can take those lessons from cutting government spending, putting in consumption taxes, school choice, those sorts of of things, looking at that from a federal level where the p
no -- ronald reagan. no question on that point. one of the reasons i didn't emphasize coolidge as much, though, was coolidge was not operating in the same kind of political environment that anybody who's trying to cut goth spending would be operating in today, and reagan was. and that there were things in re began's record that were successes that we could look for and there were things in re began's record that were failures that we could learn from. calvin coolidge was really the last...
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reagan, the cia. i have gone up with anthony fisher and we were close to signing on the dotted line. five years later, six years later, our father and i go out to a supersecret office of the cia and ask about their heritage for our tenth anniversary, bill casey looked very spurned, and across the desk, all right, that far out of the field. so kind of an interesting thing. so in the spring of 1970 -- -- [laughter] >> why? what was there about working at the beginning to say it was outside, but basically not that well-known, a little on the periphery of events, i can directly from the staff of house of representatives, and sentenced them, we thought we knew what it was and that is short, timely, incredible arguments, conservative perspective that could get directly to the policy. everybody put books on their shelves, talked about free enterprise and how great it is and why the communists are bad but when it came to how could you vote or how should you vote on a particular piece of legislation that was n
reagan, the cia. i have gone up with anthony fisher and we were close to signing on the dotted line. five years later, six years later, our father and i go out to a supersecret office of the cia and ask about their heritage for our tenth anniversary, bill casey looked very spurned, and across the desk, all right, that far out of the field. so kind of an interesting thing. so in the spring of 1970 -- -- [laughter] >> why? what was there about working at the beginning to say it was outside,...
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ronald reagan, he made sure he could -- during world war ii, his job was to process films taken by u.s. army cameramen. one of the new stones showed a concentration camp. he took a copy of this home and kept it. at a dinner for a movie producer and his wife were guests, they expressed their belief that atrocities were allied -- bill clinton. several years before he became president his friend and baptist minister predicted that he would become president. that's interesting. he said when he did god would never forgive him if he didn't stand by israel. one of the many things clinton did to help israel was to work exhaustively with arafat to agree to a peace agreement. eventually he blamed the palestinian leader and one his efforts failed saying arafat was impossible to deal with. i imagine that until now, it's rare ifnot unknown if the leader of one country to express his love for another. clinton said he loved -- was grief-stricken when he was assassinated. i hope this paper turning isn't coming too much on the mic. no president worked harder and was more -- than clinton did try to brok
ronald reagan, he made sure he could -- during world war ii, his job was to process films taken by u.s. army cameramen. one of the new stones showed a concentration camp. he took a copy of this home and kept it. at a dinner for a movie producer and his wife were guests, they expressed their belief that atrocities were allied -- bill clinton. several years before he became president his friend and baptist minister predicted that he would become president. that's interesting. he said when he did...
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reagan as governor and president in 1880. >> it's an informal alliance. the movie stars such as john wayne, robert montgomery, robert taylor, barber stand like come in many of these names not known by your younger viewers. walt disney who is well-known for his cartoon to disney studios and a group of businessmen from the people it just insert, walter knox who established not dairy farm. leonard firestone can air to the fires down family. they came in, they decided to rebuild the republican party. democratic registration, california had far surpassed the republican party and at the same time, the republicans were very, very factionalized throughout the 1950s and the 1960s. so i'm rebuilding the party, it meant putting into the party into political campaigns, but it also meant taking these well-known stars and sending them out to eat two clubs, republican clubs throughout southern california. survivor taylor, for a dense, who is a big star in the day the sun out to places like fontana and server-side and people like ginger rogers was another republican who
reagan as governor and president in 1880. >> it's an informal alliance. the movie stars such as john wayne, robert montgomery, robert taylor, barber stand like come in many of these names not known by your younger viewers. walt disney who is well-known for his cartoon to disney studios and a group of businessmen from the people it just insert, walter knox who established not dairy farm. leonard firestone can air to the fires down family. they came in, they decided to rebuild the...
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ronald reagan was one of the hosts. my book, hollywood left and right has five on the flats, five on the right and the only time in my career -- i took of my own politics aside and take a look at 10 people willing to sacrifice a great deal and claim they been openly political. from charlie chaplin to arnold schweizer necker. one of the things i discovered are two bits of hollywood and politics. the first of hollywood has been a bastion of liberalism in the second is the hollywood has always been far more prominent than the hollywood rate and i found both wrong. first, conservatives have a longer history in hollywood and second, even though the hollywood left has been more norm numerous invisible. they have had a greater impact on american political life. you might say, how is that possible? i would say if you look at american politics writ large, there've been two foundational moments the 20th century that we are living with the battling over right now. first was the creation of a new deal welfare state under franklin r
ronald reagan was one of the hosts. my book, hollywood left and right has five on the flats, five on the right and the only time in my career -- i took of my own politics aside and take a look at 10 people willing to sacrifice a great deal and claim they been openly political. from charlie chaplin to arnold schweizer necker. one of the things i discovered are two bits of hollywood and politics. the first of hollywood has been a bastion of liberalism in the second is the hollywood has always...
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if you look at the very end, that -- 1980 when they elect ronald reagan, in other words, one of the actors he was involved in this campaign to revitalize the republican party. but this ultimate success shouldn't do live the fact that they were, they had their ups and downs. it was infighting over candidates in 52. some of the hollywood moguls, such as louis b. mayer in ginger rogers, and others, wanted a man by the name of past win the nomination. they didn't like eisenhower. and then in 1964 when barry goldwater, the senator from arizona, ran in the primaries, actually some of the republicans, such as leonard firestone, supported nelson rockefeller. they thought that goldwater wasn't the best candidate, and he was supported by the far right, who they didn't like. so it's conservatives fighting on the far right. it's the story of the republican party then and today, factionalism and fighting and political power. today, the conservatives in hollywood, the republican, republicans are trying to regroup. there's some well-known stars that are conservative. they have tried organize. many of the
if you look at the very end, that -- 1980 when they elect ronald reagan, in other words, one of the actors he was involved in this campaign to revitalize the republican party. but this ultimate success shouldn't do live the fact that they were, they had their ups and downs. it was infighting over candidates in 52. some of the hollywood moguls, such as louis b. mayer in ginger rogers, and others, wanted a man by the name of past win the nomination. they didn't like eisenhower. and then in 1964...
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there were a few strategists and the ronald reagan administration that had the will of you within which apartheid south africa was a bunch of good guys. but there was no grassroots support in this country or most european countries could get a similarly they were not popular here. penna shaken not powerful. they were powerful interests coming yes, but that is not the case of israel. i understand. and that enabled a certain amount of opinion on both of these. but no real lobby for them. and i am not just talking about a lobby or capitol hill will be. people work on the cultural aspect of this and we will show you how the american understanding of thiisrooted in a long stang views biblically generated and a driven by the cinema and television and a certain kind of racism towards the arabs and a whole number of things that are not really political. atrocious looks like exodus probably have a bigger role than all of them put together in shaping the way people with a certain generation think of this conflict. i am sorry but that is the truth, that and a terrible movie with paul newman. put p
there were a few strategists and the ronald reagan administration that had the will of you within which apartheid south africa was a bunch of good guys. but there was no grassroots support in this country or most european countries could get a similarly they were not popular here. penna shaken not powerful. they were powerful interests coming yes, but that is not the case of israel. i understand. and that enabled a certain amount of opinion on both of these. but no real lobby for them. and i am...
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ronald reagan was reelected. the republican held the senate until the 1986 elections, after the gingrich elections, republicans controlled the house until the 2006 election. they had the house for twelve years and the senate for most of that time period. the nothing-nothing congress was voted out in the next election. [laughter] in term of saving the country from a bigger government and making it possible for us to have the debates we were having with reagan and ginch i don't think you can argue with their success. i don't talk much in the book about calvin cool a.j. one reason is marketing. there are three books i know of on cool age right now. he governed during a period where limited government was the political norm in the united states. which i don't think is applicable to today. he was scaling back some vancesf the state during the progressive era from the progressive era. he succeeded a president that also wanted to return to normalcy in the person of warren g harding and what he was doing really was the p
ronald reagan was reelected. the republican held the senate until the 1986 elections, after the gingrich elections, republicans controlled the house until the 2006 election. they had the house for twelve years and the senate for most of that time period. the nothing-nothing congress was voted out in the next election. [laughter] in term of saving the country from a bigger government and making it possible for us to have the debates we were having with reagan and ginch i don't think you can...
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it was truly a providential blessing that margaret thatcher served alongside president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. together the three of them did something that previously had been unimaginable. so many had opined the cold war was unwinnable, that we had to accept detente. we had to accept a condition in which the united states would constantly be in military conflict with the soviet union and our children would constantly be in fear of potential catastrophic nuclear war. and yet, when reagan and thatcher and pope john paul all ascended to leadership, together they had the vision to do something that very few imagined was possible. to win the cold war without firing a shot. had that been suggested in the 1970's, that would have been diminished as crazy talk, and yet that's precisely what they did. i would suggest in modern times there are few, if any, more deserving of the nobel peace prize than those three leaders whose vision, whose courage, whose collective leadership transformed the global debate and ended the cold war that jeopardized the very fate of humanity. there ha
it was truly a providential blessing that margaret thatcher served alongside president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. together the three of them did something that previously had been unimaginable. so many had opined the cold war was unwinnable, that we had to accept detente. we had to accept a condition in which the united states would constantly be in military conflict with the soviet union and our children would constantly be in fear of potential catastrophic nuclear war. and yet, when...
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reagan who got led out of the gasoline, george hw bush going after acid rain. republicans have a history of responsible stewardship of the environment. the hard right turned the party, pivoted away from its path and from conservative care. we make that point in the book. >> in the book, you talk about the house of representatives, focusing on republicans. look at democrats in regards to this. >> they tended to be from fossil fuel states, states reliant on the fuels of the past. we have to continue to invest as a country in renewable fuels and energy efficiency, solar, wind, and make that case while we continue to use a lot of coal in the country, a lot oil, and a lot of gas, we need to be moving closer, not overnight, but over time. >> president obama done enough in regards to environmental regulation and legislation? >> president obama has worked very hard to make progress, but we -- there's a lot more left to be done. a couple quick examples. president obama worked hard with the auto makers to double the fuel efficiency of the cars by 205 to save consumers a
reagan who got led out of the gasoline, george hw bush going after acid rain. republicans have a history of responsible stewardship of the environment. the hard right turned the party, pivoted away from its path and from conservative care. we make that point in the book. >> in the book, you talk about the house of representatives, focusing on republicans. look at democrats in regards to this. >> they tended to be from fossil fuel states, states reliant on the fuels of the past. we...
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ronald reagan, that was his successful movie. but my cousin always told me, you need to write a book. i just never thought i'd rate this one i read it this way. so i put a lot of thought into it. didn't do the book affairs. i outlined that in here. then i did 60 minutes of my former chief of staff and neil and i agreed to the 60 minutes together. this ever going to have jack abramoff on 60 minutes and neil and india. it is better to have the two of us. it shows more of an honesty fact your if i see this coming could say no, bob, or vice versa. in my opinion, the two side-by-side with the battery to do that. i went to india for a one-month trip and saw 60 minutes over there. when i saw it i watched jack abramoff. jack did not do this to me. i did this myself. i made those decisions. i watched jack abramoff on 60 minutes and feel of the year in prison. i feel empathy for anybody that don't time. beyond that, i wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and when i heard him say he had 100 members is that i got the sh
ronald reagan, that was his successful movie. but my cousin always told me, you need to write a book. i just never thought i'd rate this one i read it this way. so i put a lot of thought into it. didn't do the book affairs. i outlined that in here. then i did 60 minutes of my former chief of staff and neil and i agreed to the 60 minutes together. this ever going to have jack abramoff on 60 minutes and neil and india. it is better to have the two of us. it shows more of an honesty fact your if i...
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ronald reagan opened up his presidential campaign in philadelphia, mississippi, and i wondered if the -- town happened to be where the three civil right workers were killed, three white and one black. was that a coincidence or was that a overtone to the people who seemed to connect with the dots? >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: thank you for the question. i have not studied that particular incident so i can't tell you for sure what was going on there i do remember the press coverage at the time and there was a lot of turn about that in certain quarters. i'd like to think it was a coincidence, and i'd like to think that what reagan really was doing, though, was definitely trying to appeal to disaffected white voters in the south, who he knew would be key to his campaign as president. and a key component of that appeal has often been, since the 1964 signing of the civil rights act by a democratic president, key component has always been saying we're the party that is going to stand up for white people as opposed to being a party that grant all these rights to black people. and it's a
ronald reagan opened up his presidential campaign in philadelphia, mississippi, and i wondered if the -- town happened to be where the three civil right workers were killed, three white and one black. was that a coincidence or was that a overtone to the people who seemed to connect with the dots? >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: thank you for the question. i have not studied that particular incident so i can't tell you for sure what was going on there i do remember the press...
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promotable friends like ronald reagan and the u.s. just as she may not have recognized the polarizing effect of her policy towards hunger strikes, she may not have appreciated the potential of long-term softening effects and the irish agreement. the agreement change the tradition and the political competition to make it even more competitive twist to those who are engaged in violence and i believe it could stop the violence. it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern ireland. with it, a new history on these islands as a whole. agreements are being reaped today with the engagement that started and continues to flow. the full effect of that moment in history on the path of irish nationalism, recognizing that today, we recognize at the time of the passing. i join others across this house. in extending my sympathies to the children and family and friends of margaret thatcher. not just in britain but across the world. margaret thatcher enjoyed many political challenges. she did not shirk from life. in the democratic n
promotable friends like ronald reagan and the u.s. just as she may not have recognized the polarizing effect of her policy towards hunger strikes, she may not have appreciated the potential of long-term softening effects and the irish agreement. the agreement change the tradition and the political competition to make it even more competitive twist to those who are engaged in violence and i believe it could stop the violence. it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern...
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but when we -- if we see barack obama sort of turning to ronald reagan. might be in the best interest, pat, you might be right. then isle get optimistic for the short term. >> i'm looking to somebody to be dick a sinister but a good guy in the end. >> do you have any candidates. >> none right now. as somebody in the treasury in '84 did a footnote or two in treasury i i was talking to john about this before the session. i'm struck by the way that chairman camp's three discussion papers sort of serving the purpose in some ways. what treasury one served which is kind of a sounding board of places that where there would be a broad ranging intellectual research occurring. you may remember that treasury one was something that the white house didn't want any part of but let the treasury go off on our own with the various academic and whatever. it didn't last too long. it was popular among communities that brought up a lot of opinions. i see some similarity in camp's discussion papers and to be fair of some of the hearings that have been held on the senate financ
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jay edgar hoover, ronald reagan politics called me a hoodlum in the thugs, i resent it to this day. you don't call me a hoodlum. the process and all three stages of exhaust houses exhausted in the program. i come up through the united states air force, structure repair high performance aircraft, what have you and ect.. i was raised a confident builder. i was an architect at age 15, 16, i was the one who did all the planning for my father, adding rooms and dens to people's houses in the san fransisco bay area. i was no hoodlum. i loved my work. i loved the high-tech work, but i got interested in my civil human rights struggle. hear dr. martin luther king speak, and he was talking about how all businesses in the country would not hire businesses of color, categorized them all. got to the company, and we want our boys with bread companies to, boycott the bread companies, boycott wonder bread company and boycott them so consistently and so profoundly we want to make wonder bread wonder where the money went. [laughter] dr. king, open auditorium, 7,000 people hit the floor. i'm just one y
jay edgar hoover, ronald reagan politics called me a hoodlum in the thugs, i resent it to this day. you don't call me a hoodlum. the process and all three stages of exhaust houses exhausted in the program. i come up through the united states air force, structure repair high performance aircraft, what have you and ect.. i was raised a confident builder. i was an architect at age 15, 16, i was the one who did all the planning for my father, adding rooms and dens to people's houses in the san...
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republicans point to the ronald reagan era when the economy grew at 7 percent. we added 8 million jobs in a few years during the administration. if we did that again we could conceivably create 11 or 12 million jobs creating almost no jobs at this point. today after four years in the current policy, one in six americans live in poverty. more than any time in recent history. in fact the poor have grown poorer in the last four years. black unemployment is 14%, nearly twice the national average. this is unacceptable. using taxes to punish the rich and reality punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. high taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working. this isn't just democrats cummins democrats and republicans piling on the debt but it is a burden for you. it's an impediment to getting a job when you leave here. the economy has been growing at less than 1% and contract in the last quarter of the last year to the i would argue that the objective evidence shows the big government is not a friend of african-americans to be a big government
republicans point to the ronald reagan era when the economy grew at 7 percent. we added 8 million jobs in a few years during the administration. if we did that again we could conceivably create 11 or 12 million jobs creating almost no jobs at this point. today after four years in the current policy, one in six americans live in poverty. more than any time in recent history. in fact the poor have grown poorer in the last four years. black unemployment is 14%, nearly twice the national average....
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ronald reagan in his memoir it never refers to his mentor even one time. hillary clinton in her memoir refers to her mentor maybe half a dozen times. as you have obama mentioning frank quite a bit. >> host: when would this have been? >> the entirety of the 1970's. introduced the fall of 1970 and met all the way through the time that obama left for occidental college in 1979. in "dreams from my father" he talks about one of the last forms of advice he sought out to before he left was from frank marshall davis where he went into a classic diatribes against the american way. it is interesting i found in davis's columns from the chicago star in the late forties they consistently bashing the american way in almost a decade -- identical language recorded from "dreams from my father." that came out in 1995, the audio version which can amount to thousand five, that would have been after obama as historic convention speech where obama began his meteoric rise to the presidency but in the audio version frank marshall davis is completely purged and not mentioned one t
ronald reagan in his memoir it never refers to his mentor even one time. hillary clinton in her memoir refers to her mentor maybe half a dozen times. as you have obama mentioning frank quite a bit. >> host: when would this have been? >> the entirety of the 1970's. introduced the fall of 1970 and met all the way through the time that obama left for occidental college in 1979. in "dreams from my father" he talks about one of the last forms of advice he sought out to before...
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so for all the stock and embraced of ronald reagan they are doing a disservice in my estimation to his honor and his memory because they but not elect him today given his stance on immigration as president and governor of texas taxes and some of the other social issues and goes to the heart of the struggle that mickey and i had to deal with the inside of the party trying to get the elephant to recognize its core and therefore word in this world is changing around us. and not necessarily throwing your finger up to the wind and testing the waters every 30 minutes, but standing on firm principal ground that recognizes the value of the american dream, that recognizes that these lawyers of those that ought to be part of the dreamed whether they are here now or coming in the future that understands the direction demographically that this country is taken and 30 years it will be a majority minority country. what does that mean? held to the political parties deal with that? the licht surface to the minorities that frankly what you don't believe me the change happens around, not within. the gop
so for all the stock and embraced of ronald reagan they are doing a disservice in my estimation to his honor and his memory because they but not elect him today given his stance on immigration as president and governor of texas taxes and some of the other social issues and goes to the heart of the struggle that mickey and i had to deal with the inside of the party trying to get the elephant to recognize its core and therefore word in this world is changing around us. and not necessarily...
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. >> we return now to the ronald reagan center in washington, d.c. where the carnegie endowment for international peace has been holding a discussion on nuclear policy. and coming up, the keynote speech by the chair of the nuclear regulatory commission, allison mcfarlane. she was sworn in as chair of the rnc last year. she replaced gregory yachts coe who resigned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm here to give you all indigestion. finish we've had an interesting morning, we're going to have an interesting afternoon. our luncheon speaker is dr. allison macfarlane who has been chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission since last july. the president recently announced he was nominating dr. macfarlane for a full term, and she was explaining to me over lunch that if congress doesn't act by june 30th, she turns into a pumpkin, but we trust the senate will get its act together. dr. macfarlane is a geologist. she is the first g
. >> we return now to the ronald reagan center in washington, d.c. where the carnegie endowment for international peace has been holding a discussion on nuclear policy. and coming up, the keynote speech by the chair of the nuclear regulatory commission, allison mcfarlane. she was sworn in as chair of the rnc last year. she replaced gregory yachts coe who resigned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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if you're lucky enough to making a billion dollars a year in income, 49% which is below the ronald reagan tax of 50%. that would put 1 trillion extra dollars on on the table. what's that mean? we can take things like our grandparents social security benefits cuts off the table. we support the more progressive approach and that more popular with voters not asking the guide -- >> host: sandy is asking can you be specific in telling us what percentage of income the rich should pay so the numbers from chairman schakowsky's office is what you stand by? >> guest: absolutely for individuals. there is a wall street gambling tax all the financial transaction tax. many corporations today have these insane loopholes that allow them to pay no taxes are very few taxes and they should pay their fair share and tax reform would ask people like mitt romney who is now on this tax day paying 14% or less in taxes and we pay a lot more than that asking those people to stop hiding behind loopholes. if we do these things we don't have to cut and if it's for a grandparents and widows etc. and that is what we are
if you're lucky enough to making a billion dollars a year in income, 49% which is below the ronald reagan tax of 50%. that would put 1 trillion extra dollars on on the table. what's that mean? we can take things like our grandparents social security benefits cuts off the table. we support the more progressive approach and that more popular with voters not asking the guide -- >> host: sandy is asking can you be specific in telling us what percentage of income the rich should pay so the...
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if you ask the afghans the classic ronald reagan question, are you better off today than you were four years ago? 53% said yes. in the united states, it's around 15%. afghans rather surprisingly have high degrees of confidence in their army, 9 # -- 93%, police force, 882%, government, 75%. now, a lot of people say, well, that's just giving ans to the questions that think they you want to hear or the government want to hear, but it shows high degrees of concern about corruption and clear criticisms of the government against general backgrounds. we started off by listing our aspirations for afghanistan in very broad terms r and i -- term, and i think if you always measured achievement by aspiration, you'd almost always come up short. ten years after the american resolution, you declare failure because we had not declared a society with the declaration of independence, all men createdded equal, took a hundred years to rid slavery and 150 years to get women to vote, and we're still fighting over issues of equality today, so, no, we have not met many of the aspirations. we did -- just finis
if you ask the afghans the classic ronald reagan question, are you better off today than you were four years ago? 53% said yes. in the united states, it's around 15%. afghans rather surprisingly have high degrees of confidence in their army, 9 # -- 93%, police force, 882%, government, 75%. now, a lot of people say, well, that's just giving ans to the questions that think they you want to hear or the government want to hear, but it shows high degrees of concern about corruption and clear...
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reagan national airport, we have a terminal in d.c. and we have a terminal that literally is third world antiquated and really needs replacement and we have a recent developments with the swap that occurred between delta and u.s. air where we have seen a demand for services at reagan jump over 10% in the last year and a half. so there are some infrastructure demands. you heard earlier usair is using our airport as a hub. suddenly there is a need-based on the way the airlines user airports to invest in the abilities of people to move between tiers so if someone is transferring from one plane to another they don't have to go out of security and then come back through security to make the transfer. so there are a lot of pent-up demands i think that exist at existed every airport and i do think that the investment that needs to be made should be demand driven and not replacing something for replacement sake but i think there are those needs all across the country. >> if you go back and you look at a recent capital needs survey that was con
reagan national airport, we have a terminal in d.c. and we have a terminal that literally is third world antiquated and really needs replacement and we have a recent developments with the swap that occurred between delta and u.s. air where we have seen a demand for services at reagan jump over 10% in the last year and a half. so there are some infrastructure demands. you heard earlier usair is using our airport as a hub. suddenly there is a need-based on the way the airlines user airports to...
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when ronald reagan was president, when bill clinton was president, we had about 20% of our economy was revenue going into the federal treasury for the federal programs. today, that's a little over 16% so we talk to business leaders who know you have to grow that number, and what they don't want to see is increased tax rates. they want to look at so-called tax expenditures, 1.2 trillion a year, and we have tax provisions to help some businesses, some individuals, not all, and they understand we have to look at that. they don't want increased races, but see it reduced understanding the burden comes from eliminating the tax expendtures on the corporate side. >> okay, coming back to you later, and you weigh in on this issue between ups and i want to turn to -- forgets about the postal issues, specifically, i just want, in general, we heard this talk, and the senator mentioned it about the uncertainty. >> yeah. >> how's uncertainty about the deficit affecting your business? >> i agree that is the big frustration, i think, in business. you know, if you look another public markets, increased
when ronald reagan was president, when bill clinton was president, we had about 20% of our economy was revenue going into the federal treasury for the federal programs. today, that's a little over 16% so we talk to business leaders who know you have to grow that number, and what they don't want to see is increased tax rates. they want to look at so-called tax expenditures, 1.2 trillion a year, and we have tax provisions to help some businesses, some individuals, not all, and they understand we...
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i believe it's this type of confidence that ronald reagan had when he said it is always morning in america. we have to start our morning today. remember, our story's been told through small steps and giant leaps from a woman on on a bus a man with a dream. from the bravery of the greatest generation to the entrepreneurs and innovators of today. you know what that took? choice to get into the fight, messaging, touching people personally. it took freedom to make those choices, and it inspired confidence in us. all of the people wolf done amazing -- people who have done amazing things inspired confidence, and that's the task that we have to accomplish. so if you will join me in this fight, i will not give up if you don't. if you will join me, we can add our voices to this cause. we can make sure that the america we know and love is the america that our children will possess for years to come. god bless you all. thank you for being here. thank you for having me, and god bless this great country, the united states of america. [applause] thank you. >> mayor love has consented to take a few quest
i believe it's this type of confidence that ronald reagan had when he said it is always morning in america. we have to start our morning today. remember, our story's been told through small steps and giant leaps from a woman on on a bus a man with a dream. from the bravery of the greatest generation to the entrepreneurs and innovators of today. you know what that took? choice to get into the fight, messaging, touching people personally. it took freedom to make those choices, and it inspired...
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going live now to the ronald reagan building in washington for the nuclear policy conference or director general of the international atomic energy agency and the chair of the is nuclear regulatory commission will address the conference. this is hosted by the carnegie endowment for international peace. it is just getting under way. >> amazing to consider the longevity of an event like this. we have worked really hard to put together what will is another in a series that really tries to build on this agenda that we've been working on, wrestling with for quite a while. part of what makes this conference unique is not just that we talk about nonproliferation and arms control and nuclear energy, but we bring together a diverse audience, officials, experts, journalists, students. and today by our count we had some 46 countries represented here, which is fantastic. with a group like that we expected to be provocative discussion. and i want to emphasize that as we thought about and prepared for this conference, the emphasis really should be on discussion. all of the panels will have today and t
going live now to the ronald reagan building in washington for the nuclear policy conference or director general of the international atomic energy agency and the chair of the is nuclear regulatory commission will address the conference. this is hosted by the carnegie endowment for international peace. it is just getting under way. >> amazing to consider the longevity of an event like this. we have worked really hard to put together what will is another in a series that really tries to...
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i believe it is this type of confidence ronald reagan had when he says it's always morning in america. we have to start our mourning today. remember our story has been pulled in small steps and giant leaps from the woman on the bus to a man with a dream and the bravery of the greatest generation to the entrepreneur is and innovators of today you know what that took? the choice to get into the fight, messaging, touching people personally. it took freedom to make those choices and it inspired confidence. all the people who have some amazing things inspired confidence and that is the task that we have to accomplish. if you will join me in this fight, i will not give up if you don't. if he will join me, we can add our voices to this cause and make sure the america that we know and love is the america our children will possess for years to come. god bless you all, thank you for having me and god bless this great country, the united states of america. [applause] >> she has consented to take a few questions and for those of you that have been here before we can show everyone else how what's
i believe it is this type of confidence ronald reagan had when he says it's always morning in america. we have to start our mourning today. remember our story has been pulled in small steps and giant leaps from the woman on the bus to a man with a dream and the bravery of the greatest generation to the entrepreneur is and innovators of today you know what that took? the choice to get into the fight, messaging, touching people personally. it took freedom to make those choices and it inspired...
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i became a republican to vote for ronald reagan. i was a registered independent. and the, but that was about it. i voted for in law school, in college i voted at 18 because i was from georgia, i voted for hump free in 1968 and mcgovern in 1972. so, and i taught they were too conservative. [laughter] it was, again, trying to think things through. i was more of a libertarian. i was trying to figure things out. but people were telling me that you're black, we already have the views you're supposed to have. you're not supposed to read ayn rand, you're not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre. well, why do we go to school? just give us our list of what we're supposed to think. that saves a lot of time. [laughter] then we just read, oh, what am i supposed to think today? you know? [laughter] >> that's just part of supreme court justice chairns thomas' remarks. you can see the entire event tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. >> the intelligentsia is driven by this certainty that religion and reason are many different boxes -- in different boxes, that science and re
i became a republican to vote for ronald reagan. i was a registered independent. and the, but that was about it. i voted for in law school, in college i voted at 18 because i was from georgia, i voted for hump free in 1968 and mcgovern in 1972. so, and i taught they were too conservative. [laughter] it was, again, trying to think things through. i was more of a libertarian. i was trying to figure things out. but people were telling me that you're black, we already have the views you're supposed...
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the presidential task force on of regulatory relief and president ronald reagan piffling his departure from the public state aggrandize to continue these commitments to public service and of much of the board member of freedom work in the consultancy associates when he focuses on constitutional and regulatory issues and most capacity's it's been one of the parties challenging the constitutionality of the various provisions of dodd-frank. please welcome, please join me in welcoming the ambassador. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. i was a special envoy in addition to being ambassador back in the bush 43 administration there were very few special envoy is coming and so special in fact that i was invited on my last night to go through a dinner given by the commanding general of the european defense force. you may scratch your head just a bit and wonder what is the european force, and i would have to respond there probably is no such thing. but he commanded how the senator and his staff and the guest to entice me, which of course i couldn't. but i was identified as the u.s. spe
the presidential task force on of regulatory relief and president ronald reagan piffling his departure from the public state aggrandize to continue these commitments to public service and of much of the board member of freedom work in the consultancy associates when he focuses on constitutional and regulatory issues and most capacity's it's been one of the parties challenging the constitutionality of the various provisions of dodd-frank. please welcome, please join me in welcoming the...
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attorney general and solicitor general for ronald reagan. senator lee is a graduate of brigham young university and byu law school, was a law clerk for judge dean benson of the u.s. district court of the district of utah and then judge sam alito's clerk when he was at the u.s. court of appeals for the 3rd circuit. he served as an attorney -- assistant u.s. attorney general in utah and general counsel to the governor of utah before turning to private practice. and then in 2010, that important election year, he decided to run united yorking out an -- knocking out an incumbent u.s. senator and a party-endorsed candidate to become the primary candidate and win the general election. senator lee is now on the judiciary committee, serves as ranking member of the antitrust competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee. he also sevens on the armed service -- serves on the armed services committee and the joint economic committee and is the top republican on the water and power subcommittee of the energy and natural resources committee. looking
attorney general and solicitor general for ronald reagan. senator lee is a graduate of brigham young university and byu law school, was a law clerk for judge dean benson of the u.s. district court of the district of utah and then judge sam alito's clerk when he was at the u.s. court of appeals for the 3rd circuit. he served as an attorney -- assistant u.s. attorney general in utah and general counsel to the governor of utah before turning to private practice. and then in 2010, that important...
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>> first of all, i want to commend all the young people here, and i want to thank the ronald reagan library. i got to meet reagan in 1974. i don't care if you're a democrat, republican, independent, green party, aip, you had to like reagan. he was a good man, sunny disposition, liked all people, no mallace in his heart. i want politics back to that, no matter what your point of view, to be seen as a good person trying to do the right thing. we're thrilled that the reagan library is in california. i would encourage it, when i was growing up i was in the tom daschle area, you know, great things, and spuk -- sputnik was over it, and if you want to be an engineer to combat the russian presence in the sky. great things happen in government. down in my level, i signed the first bill in america with great health care, a lot of good stuff, but my point is find a way to serve, even if it's not in government because today, with the adoption of rapidly evolving technology, there's all kinds of way to serve. nip who spent time in silicon valley, the technology center is just impressed with the attitude
>> first of all, i want to commend all the young people here, and i want to thank the ronald reagan library. i got to meet reagan in 1974. i don't care if you're a democrat, republican, independent, green party, aip, you had to like reagan. he was a good man, sunny disposition, liked all people, no mallace in his heart. i want politics back to that, no matter what your point of view, to be seen as a good person trying to do the right thing. we're thrilled that the reagan library is in...
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reagan. is so much of his -- so much of his spirit of pragmatism and passion and conviction, i think, has inspired a lot of the work that we intend to do. and it's really terrific to be in this fabulous library to start this process. so thank you to the reagan library. take care. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if you are trying to generate as a government and you're looking for ways to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers. and then from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is entrepreneurship different in silicon valley than other places, which it distinctly is. because so much of it is often based on failure and learning from experiences, um, but it's also recognizing that you can be part of the process of adopting other people's ideas, or you may have the idea for the next big thing. but the bottom line is,
reagan. is so much of his -- so much of his spirit of pragmatism and passion and conviction, i think, has inspired a lot of the work that we intend to do. and it's really terrific to be in this fabulous library to start this process. so thank you to the reagan library. take care. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if you are trying to generate as a government and you're looking for ways to generate new revenue, silicon valley has...
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look, in 1986 i voted for simpson mazoli under our beloved ronald reagan. three million people were in this country illegally and give them all amnesty and never face the problem again. now we have 11 million people who are here illegally. i'm not going to stand for a third wave. and so that means th we not only have to have a secure border but 40% of the people who are here illegally overstayed their visas. so we have to track that down. the most important aspect of this bill to be honest with you, is, that the, if an employer knowingly hires a person who is here illegally, they will be penalized for doing so and we will have their ability to authenticate that through tamper-proof documents. that's what dries up the magnet, if we, look, the one thing that bothers me to be honest with you, this is a demand for drugs and drugs will continue to come across our southern border as long as there's a demand for it. and to me is a problem that we haven't even addressed but it is separate from illegal immigration. but, look, we can not have a third wave. we owe it
look, in 1986 i voted for simpson mazoli under our beloved ronald reagan. three million people were in this country illegally and give them all amnesty and never face the problem again. now we have 11 million people who are here illegally. i'm not going to stand for a third wave. and so that means th we not only have to have a secure border but 40% of the people who are here illegally overstayed their visas. so we have to track that down. the most important aspect of this bill to be honest with...
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ronald reagan was one of the hosts. but my book hollywood left and right profiles ten hollywood activists, five on the left and five on the right and for the only time in my career i try to put my own politics aside and take a look at ten people who were willing to sacrifice a great claim by being openly politico indigos to charlie chaplin to arnold schwarzenegger. one of the things i discovered is there are two myths of hollywood and politics. the first is hollywood has always been the bastion of liberalism and the second is the hollywood left has always been far more prominent than the hollywood for right. both conservatives have a longer history in hollywood than liberals do and second even though the hollywood left has been more numerous than visible. the hollywood right has had a greater impact on american political life. you might say how was that possible. i would say if you look at american politics writ large. the second was the effort to dismantle. if you take a look over the course of the 20th century has gen
ronald reagan was one of the hosts. but my book hollywood left and right profiles ten hollywood activists, five on the left and five on the right and for the only time in my career i try to put my own politics aside and take a look at ten people who were willing to sacrifice a great claim by being openly politico indigos to charlie chaplin to arnold schwarzenegger. one of the things i discovered is there are two myths of hollywood and politics. the first is hollywood has always been the bastion...
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her work with ronald reagan reinvigorated the north atlantic treaty organization. let me just say that margaret that every was one of the most influential and revolutionary figures of the 20th century, and failing to name her achievements would do her memory and her legacy a great disservice. it would be unheard of to commemorate churchill and ignore his heroic role in steering his countrymen through the battle of britain, nor would we think of honoring lincoln without mentioning the civil war. because doing the right thing when it is not easy or popular, that's what defines leadership and it defined margaret that every. so it is fitting that the senate honored her legacy just a few moments ago. margaret thatcher didn't just change a country or give a people hope; she helped alter the course of history. it's true she did not just a long to get along, but she -- had she done so, i'm sure she would have long since for forgon them. so let's acknowledge her toker what she d let's acknowledge what she accomplished. let's name her achievements by name and the resolution
her work with ronald reagan reinvigorated the north atlantic treaty organization. let me just say that margaret that every was one of the most influential and revolutionary figures of the 20th century, and failing to name her achievements would do her memory and her legacy a great disservice. it would be unheard of to commemorate churchill and ignore his heroic role in steering his countrymen through the battle of britain, nor would we think of honoring lincoln without mentioning the civil war....